Guess the snake!

Major clue, You really dont want a bite from this snake!!!

Another clue

Eastern brown

tilly790 wrote:

Eastern brown

No Tilly, sorry.

Ok Snakes Inc! (as if you dont know)

For the the others, its a non venomous snake, reaching lengths of 2m, and AGGRESSIVE as can be , its extremely difficult to hook and taill a large wild snake like this!
ALso gives birth to live young! there now I done gave the whole mystery away!

Plus minus 130 teeth and could take a kids finger off due to the snap twist and pull motion in the bite.

Snakes Inc, I found throwing a towel or blanket over the snake and then jumping on the snake and grabbing the head worked once. But even then, the strike distance of a full grown snake is about over a meter, and its scary as hell. And they are incredibly fast and agile for their size!
A bite of this snake as Snakes Inc said will involve a trip to the Emergency room, and stitches!

boomslang

You are on the right track Tilly, however note the clues, this baby is non venomous, the Boomslang is venomous, this snake is VERY AGGRO, the Boomslang is shy and timid. This snake gives birth to live young, the Boomslang lays eggs. This snake can reach lengths of 2m, the boomslang reaches about 1.4m.

So this is not a boomslang, but you are on the right continent Tilly!!!
Okay, another clue!! The name of a rather popular rodent is included in the name of this snake. This snake is probably one of the most wide spread snakes in South Africa!

Ja, thats a full grown version of the snake I posted, By The Way I saw an awsome one last week sunday on the field behind me! I just stood there and marvelled at the size of this puppy!! from what I could see, big enough to eat a full grown house cat! and what an enormous girth!!

some kind of rat snake

No sorry, wrong rodent hint, if full grown, this animals teeth can reach 2cm, if not bigger, its partially blind, and burrows, and on the surface they make these little hills, There I gave it Away this time !!

Bogga wrote:

... this animals teeth ...!

The rodent not the snake

mole...

tilly790 wrote:

mole...

Mole is correct rodent so what is the snakes name?

errrrrrrrrr..mole snake...

tilly790 wrote:

errrrrrrrrr..mole snake...

Bogga what you think mate

Mole king snake ???

Well you not decided yet.....You do know what it is dont you

Yes..What has happened to him...hes done a runner i think.

tilly790 wrote:

Yes..What has happened to him...hes done a runner i think.

Well done Tilly!!!

Sorry I havent been around, I was completing an assignment I needed to hand in monday.

It is a Mole snake , very easily mistaken for a Cape Cobra, especially if the Cobra is not hooded

scientific name

pseudapsis cana

size/weight/height

Length: 5'; occasionally over 6.5'



adaptations/coloration

Color: from light gray, brown, reddish-brown to black; adults 1 color; young blotched colors
Body: stout; muscular
Head: narrow
Scales: smooth

behavior

Activity: day/night; spends most of their time underground
Personality: young ferocious when threatened, adults no less so

reproduction/lifespan

Hatching: eggs hatch internally (ovoviviparous)
Young: 8 - 10"; don't resemble adults
Mating: October - April

diet

Wild: small mammals (rats, mice jerboas, moles); eggs when other food not available

So Tilly! its your turn now, Knock us out!!

Wish i could ...you have my go.

tilly790 wrote:

Wish i could ...you have my go.

Cmon, it doesnt have to be a snake, it could be anything! spiders, lizards etc!

Its not the subject Bogga it our camera & comp..cant do pics......you have a go.